We find ourselves encircled by borders and barriers. They may take the form of physical borders, legal barriers, or restrictions arising from economic or technological disparity. Regardless of their nature, these obstacles restrict human autonomy and hinder the pursuit of knowledge and truth. Maybe it’s for our own good. Maybe.

Through layered exposures, these photographs trace echoes between perspectives — where one view fades into another, and something new begins. The result is a set of images that feel both familiar and fractured.

A public portrait project using a 4x5 film camera. Each image began with curiosity — a stranger asking a question about my large format camera, then stepping in front of the lens. The series reveals an unexpected pattern: the curious are often the confident, the outgoing, and the kind.

This series is a light-hearted, representation of the knobs of the world. They represent those among us that suffer from the less acknowledged self-esteem problem – too much self-esteem. They are misguided in their interpretation of how they are perceived by general society. They are the heroes of their own personal fiction.